Hong Kong development chiefs eye sites for over 10,000 flats as they struggle to hit housing target

More than a dozen sites in the New Territories – enough to build over 10,000 flats post-2019 – have been identified by the city’s development authority in the hope of meeting its ambitious housing target, a government source said. Most of the sites, currently zoned as green belts or for government, institution or community use, are in Ma On Shan and Tseung Kwan O, with the rest scattered in Fanling, Yuen Long, Tai Po and Tuen Mun. “The sites that we have managed to find...